Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of 2025! bonfire

This marks the first full year of megathreads since the first one was posted on Jan 7th 2024. Shout out to everybody who participated in the threads in the past year.

It’s the first thread of the year so here are some ideas for discussion:

  • How was your 2024?
  • Do you have some any goals for January?
  • Do you have some plans for 2025?

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Happy New Year, the year of Peace and Friendship!

Good luck with your goals! rainbow-has

  • moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    This was my last week of couchmaxxing. kitty-birthday-sad I wanted to focus on the holiday vibes in December and relax instead of focusing on improvement.

    Now it is time to get back on the horse. In January, I would like to resume cooking healthy meals and exercising. Hopefully get back into running if it’s not too cold.

    Wishing everybody a good start of the year! We can do this solidarity

    • eldaviEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      TIL i learned a new word that describes me: couchmaxxing

      lol

      • moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        I’m keeping it simple when it comes to food, here are some of my quick go-to recipes:

        1. Basmati brown rice and red kidney beans. Just cook those two separately, rinse and eat. Those two together form a full protein. I season the rice with curry and eat it all with some store bought pesto and nutritional yeast.
        2. Chickpea and lentils stew - very tasty, I make a full pot and eat this for 4 days in a row. Just sautee some garlic and onion, put in the chickpea and lentils with some water and tomato puree and seasoning.
        3. Vegan burger patties with pan-fried sweet potatoes. Check out the frozen food section of your local supermarket, mine has a lot of different types of tasty vegan patties that just have to be cooked for 10 minutes total. The sweet potatoes are also fried very quickly so you can have a tasty and healthy meal in less than 30 minutes from start to finish.
        4. This curry chickpea recipe that some comrade on Hexbear sent

        I think the key to sticking to a healthy plant-based diet is to put nutritional yeast and hot sauce on everything, have a freezer stocked with vegan patties and a pantry stocked with stuff like oats, rice, beans, lentils and chickpea. greensicko

        • MoonElf [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          oh those sound good! I developed a nightshade intolerance when i caught covid and can’t do tomatoes and hot sauce anymore 🥲. I used to ferment my own hot sauce i loved it sooo much i truly miss it. Will have to pick up nutritional yeast i have been putting braggs on everything but i like the yeast haven’t had it in a long time.

          Been looking for more lentil and chick pea ideas going to try that one soon!